Academy players

[chris]

Family connection is enlarged. Joe Moores is the club's ex-coach's nephew

2024 Boys’ Academy Intake:
George Harris - Batter – Elton Cricket Club

Joe Moores - Wicket Keeper/Batter – Macclesfield Cricket Club

Charlie Parkinson - Pace Bowler - Torrisholme Cricket Club

2024 Boys’ Academy Retained:
Joe Chapple – Allrounder – Bowdon Cricket Club

Corey Flintoff – Allrounder – Southport & Birkdale Cricket Club

Rocky Flintoff – Allrounder – Southport & Birkdale Cricket Club

Keshana Fonseka – Batter – Hyde Cricket Club

Haider Hussain - Leg Spinner – Hyde Cricket Club

Gennaro Reddy – Batter – Toft Cricket Club

Just to add that means Harvey Walker, Harry Birkman and Alfie Dobson plus Charlie Barnard no longer in the academy.  Interesting where that puts Barnard once he comes back from the under 19s world cup.

[oldhamexile]

If Joe Moores makes it that will be three professional keepers from the same family, is that unprecedented?

[Athers Notebook]

All 9 lads (definitely 8 not quite sure about Harris) attend a private school.

When you throw in the famous name factor too, it isn't the best look for the club in light of recent reports around making the game more equitable.

Having seen a fair bit of this age group in the last few years, they are also not the 9 best players in this age group in the County.


3 or 4 should not be in there.

Good luck to Benkenstein sorting this nonsense out.

[chris]

Dec 19, 2023 13:12:49 GMT Athers Notebook said:

All 9 lads (definitely 8 not quite sure about Harris) attend a private school.

When you throw in the famous name factor too, it isn't the best look for the club in light of recent reports around making the game more equitable.

Having seen a fair bit of this age group in the last few years, they are also not the 9 best players in this age group in the County.


3 or 4 should not be in there.

Good luck to Benkenstein sorting this nonsense out.

I'd read elsewhere that all 9 were, but can't find anything on George Harris.

Two other points worth noting is how often the young kids move around clubs these days at a very early age:

Both Flintoffs: St Annes, Alderley Edge before S&B

Fonseka: Little Hulton & Clifton before Hyde

Harris: Woodbank before Elton

Can't imagine Lancashire happy that Charlie Parkinson is playing the Palace Shield. 

Also how predominately Cheshire the academy is these days.  Do the Flintoffs still live in Cheshire?

[Athers Notebook]

Dec 19, 2023 16:07:55 GMT chris said:

Dec 19, 2023 13:12:49 GMT Athers Notebook said:

All 9 lads (definitely 8 not quite sure about Harris) attend a private school.

When you throw in the famous name factor too, it isn't the best look for the club in light of recent reports around making the game more equitable.

Having seen a fair bit of this age group in the last few years, they are also not the 9 best players in this age group in the County.


3 or 4 should not be in there.

Good luck to Benkenstein sorting this nonsense out.

I'd read elsewhere that all 9 were, but can't find anything on George Harris.

Two other points worth noting is how often the young kids move around clubs these days at a very early age:

Both Flintoffs: St Annes, Alderley Edge before S&B

Fonseka: Little Hulton & Clifton before Hyde

Harris: Woodbank before Elton

Can't imagine Lancashire happy that Charlie Parkinson is playing the Palace Shield. 

Also how predominately Cheshire the academy is these days.  Do the Flintoffs still live in Cheshire?

Have heard a whisper that Harris has signed for Northern now

You are right about how much they move around these days.

Flintoffs still live in Cheshire I believe

Parkinson as you say is playing Palace Shield and most of these lads just play school cricket until halfway into the club season

Mad how someone like Lucas Selby can be the Age Group player of the month for August with the brilliant run of batting form he had and not get selected.

Vey much not a level playing field.

[Athers Notebook]

Dec 18, 2023 12:52:07 GMT chris said:

Family connection is enlarged. Joe Moores is the club's ex-coach's nephew

2024 Boys’ Academy Intake:
George Harris - Batter – Elton Cricket Club

Joe Moores - Wicket Keeper/Batter – Macclesfield Cricket Club

Charlie Parkinson - Pace Bowler - Torrisholme Cricket Club

2024 Boys’ Academy Retained:
Joe Chapple – Allrounder – Bowdon Cricket Club

Corey Flintoff – Allrounder – Southport & Birkdale Cricket Club

Rocky Flintoff – Allrounder – Southport & Birkdale Cricket Club

Keshana Fonseka – Batter – Hyde Cricket Club

Haider Hussain - Leg Spinner – Hyde Cricket Club

Gennaro Reddy – Batter – Toft Cricket Club

Just to add that means Harvey Walker, Harry Birkman and Alfie Dobson plus Charlie Barnard no longer in the academy.  Interesting where that puts Barnard once he comes back from the under 19s world cup.

Birkman, Walker and Barnard too old for the Academy now.

Dobson quit the Academy last year of his own accord

Be interesting to see what happens with Barnard and Jack Carney when they get back from the U19 World Cup. Will they get contracts? Both probably deserve one. Birkman too who is a better bowler than the injury prone Boyden in my opinion.

[chris]

Said before it will be interesting to see if Carney plays for a county - which one. Buttler, Salt, Bell, Hurst, Lavelle are a bit of a queue.
Selby at least earnt two games with the seconds at the back end of last season. Could easily play again considering there are more 'keepers at the club than out-and-out batsmen.

[chris]

Just seen this in the Bolton News:

Harris, who attends St Gabriel’s in Bury, represented North of England at the ECB’s Bunbury Festival in August.

www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/23999374.young-elton-batsman-george-picked-red-rose-academy/